THE NETHERLANDS: Godfather

Belgium's handsome young widower King Leopold III once figured in the schemes of certain statesmen anxious for a union of Belgium and The Netherlands, eager to promote it by securing the marriage of His Majesty and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Juliana of The Netherlands. Neither Leopold nor Juliana saw the matter in this light, but they are on the best of terms. Last week His Majesty accepted the invitation of Her Royal Highness to act as a godfather at the christening of her first child. Princess Beatrix, this week in The Hague.